Elena Ambrosiadou is responsible for strategic development, and is a member of the Investment and Risk Management Committees. She obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering from Leeds University, an MSc in Technology and Development from Imperial College London, and an MBA from Cranfield University. As a chemical engineer she worked internationally with British Petroleum, before joining KPMG where she worked as a management consultant in Bahrain.

For the fourth time Elena Ambrosiadou has been selected in the FN100’s most influential European Women in Finance. Elena is an Advisory Board member of Cranfield School of Management, and a Dean’s Council Member of the Harvard Kennedy School. In June 2007, she received the Cranfield Distinguished Alumnus Award. She is ranked in the Top 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds, by The Hedge Fund Journal by Ernst & Young, in 2010 & 2011. Elena Ambrosiadou is a Patron of ARK, a Trustee of the Oxford Philomusica, and a supporter of the Hellenic Rescue team; Ms Ambrosiadou was awarded the Red Cross Humanitarian Award in June 2008.

IKOS ends 2010 on a high, two of its funds won awards at the annual Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards in 2011. The IKOS Futures Fund won the HFR award for the best Managed Futures Hedge Fund, while the IKOS FX Fund won in the Best Foreign Exchange Hedge Fund category.[4][5]